16. In regulation 144 (Pensionable earnings – breaks in service)(1), after paragraph (10) add—
“(11) For the duration of any pilot scheme—
(a)a member who provides piloted services under a dental pilot scheme and who is absent from work by reason of illness or injury shall be treated as a practitioner whether or not his name is included on a dental list prior to the commencement of the pilot scheme; and
(b)a member who performs piloted services under a dental pilot scheme and who is absent from work by reason of illness or injury shall be treated as an officer whether or not his name is included on a dental list prior to the commencement of the pilot scheme.”.
Regulation 144 was amended by S.R. 2009 No.65, regulation 57